Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History

Related Books

Hillel, Daniel. Out of the Earth: Civilization and the Life of the Soil.

Logan, William Bryant. Dirt: The Ecstatic Skin of the Earth.

Montgomery, David. Dirt: The Erosion of Civilizations.

Van Beek, Gus and Ora. Glorious Mud!

Related Web Sites

The Iowa Learning Farm
http://www.extension.iastate.edu/ilf/

USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service Soil Education Page for Teachers and Students
http://soils.usda.gov/teachers.html

USDA K-12 Soil Education Resources
http://soils.usda.gov/education/resources/k_12/

USDA's State Soil Information Gallery
http://soils.usda.gov/gallery/state_soils/

USDA Forest Service Curriculum
http://na.fs.fed.us/spfo/ce/content/for_teachers/index.cfm

USDA Soil at Work and Stop Soil Erosion Online Games, Standards, and Lesson Plans
http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/soil/

Discovery Channel Soil Safari and Education Site
http://school.discoveryeducation.com/schooladventures/soil/index.html

Soil Lesson Plans and Activities for Teachers from Dr. Clay Robinson
http://www.wtamu.edu/~crobinson/DrDirt.htm

Underground Adventure Online Exhibition and Education at the Field Museum
http://www.fieldmuseum.org/undergroundadventure/

NASA Soil Education and Information
http://soil.gsfc.nasa.gov/

"From the Surface Down" ( USDA Publication) - An Introduction to Soils
ftp://ftp-fc.sc.egov.usda.gov/NSSC/Educational_Resources/surdown.pdf

Soil Science Society of America - Glossary of Soil Science Terms
https://www.soils.org/sssagloss/

Soil Science Society of America Education Page
https://www.soils.org/education/

National Sustainable Agriculture Information - Service Soil and Compost Information
http://attra.ncat.org/soils.html

Physical Geography Soil Primer
http://www.physicalgeography.net/fundamentals/10t.html

Environmental Literacy Council
http://www.enviroliteracy.org/subcategory.php/36.html